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Risai was still walking along the fair grounds. She was retracing her steps.
"Where is my jacket?" she asked herself. She looked around and, soon enough, she found it. She ran over and picked it up. She then sighed. "Good. It's in one piece. Those jerks, throwing my jacket on the ground." She quickly put it back on and then turned around. "I guess I should go see how Taban and Miharu are doing." She walked through the entrance and began to head back towards the building they were at.
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Rainer was running down the street as fast as he could.
"Dad's gonna kill me," he said to himself. He came to the large building where the Zoid Battle Commission was, along with many people registering for teams. He ran in and then ran past the many lines. He went up to one of the register desks, which was the closest to the far right corner where a door was. The registration person at the desk turned towards him as he ran up.
"Rainer, where were you?" she asked.
"Sorry," he apologized. The corner door opened and a man in a white lab coat came out.
"You're late," he said as he tossed Rainer a lab coat. He quickly put it on. "We've already started."
"Sorry, I got caught up in something." Both of them walked through the door, closing it behind them.
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Risai walked up to the huge building.
"I wonder how they're doing. Maybe they're already at the desk. Maybe they already registered." She walked through the huge doors and looked through the huge lines of people. Taban and Miharu were halfway through the line. They stood in the farthest one to the right. The registration person was a girl. Risai sighed and walked back over to them.
"Hi," she said.
"Hey," said Miharu. "Did you have fun?"
"I guess. It was okay, but I've been there before." Taban stood silently, still upset about Risai's antics. He looked over at her and noticed that her overcoat was kind of dirty. He then noticed that she had scrapes on her knees.
"Risai, what happened?" he asked, a little worried.
"What?"
"Where did you get those scratches?"
"Those? Don't worry, they're not even half as bad as the bruise I have on my arm...oops."
"I want an explanation."
"There you go, acting all brotherly again. I said don't worry."
"If you haven't noticed, I am your brother, and I want an explanation."
"I tripped and fell, that's all," she lied.
"You fell?"
"Yeah, you know me. I'm not exactly the queen of grace."
"She's got a point," said Miharu. Risai glared at her, but was, in a way, happy that she had help on this one.
"Yeah, okay," said Taban. "Just be more careful."
"You got it." Risai smiled at her work. 'I'm so good at this,' she thought to herself. The line was slowly moving forward. All of a sudden, a huge explosion could be heard, but the building didn't shake. It seemed to come from the right corner. There was a door on the right wall near the corner.
"What was that?" asked Miharu.
"Got me," said Taban. Another explosion could be heard and everyone turned their attention towards the right wall as the door flew open and a man in black pants, a blue shirt, black overcoat, and a white lab coat, came flying out of the room. He hit the metal registration desk and then slid to the hard metal floor. The receptionist at the desk stood up and walked over to him. He moaned slightly and his white lab coat had burn marks on it.
"Rainer, are you alright?" she asked. Risai straightened at his name. 'Rainer was that guy,' she thought to herself as she watched what was happening. He moaned once more as he tried to move but couldn't.
"I think I'll live," he said. He didn't try moving again and decided to just lie there. They all could hear footsteps approaching. Three men came walking up from the back of the line. Two looked like secret agents or detectives and the one who walked in front looked important. He wore a gray and blue coat in military style and had black, short hair. He looked around 45 or even 50. He had a stern look on his face as he made his way forward. The receptionist looked at him and stood up, backing away from Rainer. The man stopped and looked down at him. Rainer looked up at the man as he was lying on the floor.
"Hi," he said, raising one hand as if he were going to wave.
"Care to explain?" asked the man.
"We were developing some new types of zoids and the lab sort of caught on fire," explained Rainer. "Not to mention our little project kind of exploded along with it." Rainer had a nervous look on his face. The man sighed and then stared at him.
"I told you to be careful with my science projects. Now we'll have to start from scratch."
"Sorry."
"So, should I call the hospital?"
"I think I'll be okay, but it might be a while before I can move properly."
"Then I'll call an ambulance."
"No, I said I'm fine, but someone should probably put out that fire."
"Go get the fire extinguishers." The two men nodded and walked over towards the fire extinguishers that hung on the wall. They took them and then walked into the burning room.
"Thanks," said Rainer.
"No problem." Suddenly, the sound of someone stomping down on the metal floor was heard. Everyone looked as 5 mean looking guys came walking towards Rainer and the man. They stopped about halfway between where Rainer was and the door to the building. Risai recognized 3 of them as the guys who hassled her at the fair grounds. She hid behind Taban and Miharu as they stopped right by her.
"Who are you?" asked the important looking guy. "What are you doing here?"
"We're here for him," said the one in front of the other four. "We're going to pay you back for this afternoon."
"Rainer, explain yourself," said the man.
"Don't worry, but I think you'd be safer right now in the lab room."
"It's on fire."
"I know, but you'll be safer there. Trust me. Just go."
"Alright." He walked into the fiery room and closed the door behind him. The room had more or less been put out though, since all of them had fire extinguishers.
"Hey guys," said Rainer. "I'm not really in the mood to fight with you, so, could we reschedule?"
"You think you're really funny, don't you," said the leader in more of a statement than a question.
"Not really," answered Rainer.
"If you won't fight with us, then we'll just have to fight with this crowd instead," said the leader. (A/N okay, think Dr. Layon, except young, punk, and slightly taller...and boy is he tall.) The man pulled back his fist and was about to hit someone from the crowd.
"Wait," yelled Rainer. He pushed himself up on his elbows, but felt a pain in his back and slumped back down to the floor. "Leave them alone," he pleaded. The leader stopped in mid punch and looked at Rainer.
"I can't believe you're the one who took out three of my guys," he said. Rainer just stared at the man, a look of hate on his face. Risai was trying to see what was going on without being seen by the guys. She came out a little too far and one of them turned to her. She quickly tried to hide.
"Hey, it's you," said the man. "The little punk girl who tricked us. This is all your fault." Risai tried to shrink and disappear.
"You must be mistaken," she said. The man turned to his boss.
"Hey boss, that's the kid we told you about. She's the one who ran into us at the fair grounds." Both Taban and Miharu turned to look at Risai.
"You tripped and fell, huh?" said Taban. Risai didn't say anything. The leader reached out and grabbed her by the front of her shirt and dragged her out of the line.
"So you're the girl," he said.
"Hey!" shouted Taban. "Leave her alone."
"Why should I?" Taban pulled his fist back and punched it forward, but it was caught with the man's other hand. One of the other gang members punched Taban in the stomach, making him fall to his knees. Miharu knelt down next to him.
"Are you alright?" she asked. He didn't say anything. He just glared at the gang.
"Leave my brother alone," said Risai. Rainer finally pushed himself to his elbows again and looked to the group. His eyes widened as he saw who the leader was holding.
"Risai..." he whispered. He was in too much pain to move any further. "Don't." The leader looked to him. "Just leave her alone. It isn't her fault. I'm the one you're after." He shut his eyes tightly and began to stand up slowly. He was on his feet after a while, but his posture wasn't great. He was hunched forward. He lifted his head and glared at the guys.
"Fight me," he said.
"Now things get interesting," said the leader. He threw Risai aside. She landed on the ground hard. She pushed herself to her elbows.
"You all right?" he asked.
"Yeah," she answered. The leader began to walk towards Rainer, who stood his ground and tightened his fists.
"Rainer, you're in no condition to fight," said the receptionist who had been hiding behind her desk.
"I can handle these guys, don't worry." The leader ran forward and punched towards Rainer, who dodged easily, but the sudden movement was too much and his body began to hurt. The man quickly turned and aimed another punch. It connected with the side of Rainer's face and he was sent to the ground.
"This is the guy that beat you up?" asked the leader in disbelief. "He's nothing but a pathetic weakling." Rainer pushed himself up onto his elbows, but he was lying on his chest this time instead of his back. He glared at the leader again. "Time to finish this." The man then lurched forward, a surprised look on his face as he fell forward. Rainer watched him fall to the ground and then glanced up. Taban stood there, his fist in a punch.
"You know, that punch really hurt," he said.
"You might wanna look behind you," said Rainer. Taban turned around and punched another one of the guys, but got punched by the other and joined Rainer on the floor.
"Two attacks in one day," said Rainer. "I'm so lucky, not to mention popular."
"It's good to know you can still stay funny when you're about to die," said another of the men. Only three were left standing. The man who had just said something suddenly fell over, a shocked look on his face too. Behind him stood Miharu and Risai.
"Nice job girls," said Taban.
"Thanks," said Miharu. There were still two guys left.
"Look out." They both turned to see another guy coming at them. They both stepped back and side kicked him in the gut, sending him to the floor. They turned back around. Miharu walked over to Taban. Risai just stood there watching. She was counting the members of the gang.
"Four," she whispered to herself. 'There were five,' she noted mentally. Rainer looked up and glanced behind her, where the fifth one was. He was approaching quickly.
"Look out. Behind..." He didn't have enough time to finish. Risai side stepped again and kicked the guy in the chest. "...you."
"You were saying?" asked Risai, as the guy fell to the floor.
"Wow."
"That's what I thought."
"Why didn't you do that this afternoon?" Risai just shrugged.
"I don't know. I guess I was just caught off guard."
"That makes sense." Risai smiled and walked over to him.
"Need a hand?"
"I think I got it now." He pushed himself to his feet and stood up as straight as he could manage. His body still ached. Miharu stood up and helped Taban to his feet.
"Nice work bro," said Risai.
"You guys were amazing," said Rainer. "How'd you all learn to fight?"
"My dad taught me," answered Taban. "And I taught these two."
"Interesting."
"What's your story?" asked Miharu.
"Well, I'm..." He didn't have time to finish. The leader sprung up quickly and grabbed him around the neck, cutting off his air. "Rainer," said Risai in a worried tone. Rainer had his eyes shut tightly. He took both his arms, and was about to jam them back into the man's chest, but the guy saw it coming and tightened his grip, making Rainer drop his arms back to his sides.
"Can't...breath..." said Rainer.
"Let him go," said Taban. He took a step forward, but the man stepped back.
"Move any closer and I'll break his neck." They all stayed where they were. They glanced over and saw the receptionist, who had grabbed hold of her foldable metal chair. She had it folded and quietly snuck behind them man. She then hit him with it with all her might. The leader released Rainer, who fell to the floor. The leader then fell too, completely knocked out. They ran over to Rainer, who was lying on the floor unconscious.
"Is he alright?" asked Miharu. The receptionist checked for a pulse and found one.
"He's fine, I think."
"I'll go call the police," said Taban, as he walked off to find a phone.
"You're sure he's okay?" asked Risai.
"Well..."
"No, he's not okay," said Rainer quietly. "He needs mouth to mouth resuscitation."
"He's fine," said the receptionist. Rainer opened his eyes and looked around. "Did you really think that would work?"
"I can try, can't I?"
"You look death in the eye and yet you can laugh about it. There aren't many like you around, Rainer."
"Yeah, I know. Thanks for saving me, Kristy."
"Anything for the boss's son."
"Aw, come on. That's not the only reason, is it?"
"Do you really want an answer to that?"
"Not really. Man, you're harsh."
"Well, if you'll excuse me, I have a line of people to take care of, starting with you," she said, pointing to Miharu and Risai.
"Us?" they asked.
"Yeah."
"What's so special that we get to cut the line?"
"You guys just took out a gang and you didn't even have to. Not to mention you saved Rainer."
"How's that a big thing?" asked Risai.
"Hey!" shouted Rainer.
"Sorry," she said.
"Well, he's the son of my boss."
"And your boss is?" Just then, the laboratory door opened and the very important looking guy walked out, followed by the two men in black suits.
"Are you alright son?"
"Yeah, dad, I'm fine," answered Rainer as he stood up.
"Dad?" asked Risai.
"Yeah, um, this is my dad, the leader and founder of the Zoid Battle Commission."
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That was fun, wasn't it? You tell me. I'll write more as soon as people review. How many, I don't know, but just some people. Audi^.^
Disclaimer: See first chapter.
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Risai was still walking along the fair grounds. She was retracing her steps.
"Where is my jacket?" she asked herself. She looked around and, soon enough, she found it. She ran over and picked it up. She then sighed. "Good. It's in one piece. Those jerks, throwing my jacket on the ground." She quickly put it back on and then turned around. "I guess I should go see how Taban and Miharu are doing." She walked through the entrance and began to head back towards the building they were at.
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Rainer was running down the street as fast as he could.
"Dad's gonna kill me," he said to himself. He came to the large building where the Zoid Battle Commission was, along with many people registering for teams. He ran in and then ran past the many lines. He went up to one of the register desks, which was the closest to the far right corner where a door was. The registration person at the desk turned towards him as he ran up.
"Rainer, where were you?" she asked.
"Sorry," he apologized. The corner door opened and a man in a white lab coat came out.
"You're late," he said as he tossed Rainer a lab coat. He quickly put it on. "We've already started."
"Sorry, I got caught up in something." Both of them walked through the door, closing it behind them.
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Risai walked up to the huge building.
"I wonder how they're doing. Maybe they're already at the desk. Maybe they already registered." She walked through the huge doors and looked through the huge lines of people. Taban and Miharu were halfway through the line. They stood in the farthest one to the right. The registration person was a girl. Risai sighed and walked back over to them.
"Hi," she said.
"Hey," said Miharu. "Did you have fun?"
"I guess. It was okay, but I've been there before." Taban stood silently, still upset about Risai's antics. He looked over at her and noticed that her overcoat was kind of dirty. He then noticed that she had scrapes on her knees.
"Risai, what happened?" he asked, a little worried.
"What?"
"Where did you get those scratches?"
"Those? Don't worry, they're not even half as bad as the bruise I have on my arm...oops."
"I want an explanation."
"There you go, acting all brotherly again. I said don't worry."
"If you haven't noticed, I am your brother, and I want an explanation."
"I tripped and fell, that's all," she lied.
"You fell?"
"Yeah, you know me. I'm not exactly the queen of grace."
"She's got a point," said Miharu. Risai glared at her, but was, in a way, happy that she had help on this one.
"Yeah, okay," said Taban. "Just be more careful."
"You got it." Risai smiled at her work. 'I'm so good at this,' she thought to herself. The line was slowly moving forward. All of a sudden, a huge explosion could be heard, but the building didn't shake. It seemed to come from the right corner. There was a door on the right wall near the corner.
"What was that?" asked Miharu.
"Got me," said Taban. Another explosion could be heard and everyone turned their attention towards the right wall as the door flew open and a man in black pants, a blue shirt, black overcoat, and a white lab coat, came flying out of the room. He hit the metal registration desk and then slid to the hard metal floor. The receptionist at the desk stood up and walked over to him. He moaned slightly and his white lab coat had burn marks on it.
"Rainer, are you alright?" she asked. Risai straightened at his name. 'Rainer was that guy,' she thought to herself as she watched what was happening. He moaned once more as he tried to move but couldn't.
"I think I'll live," he said. He didn't try moving again and decided to just lie there. They all could hear footsteps approaching. Three men came walking up from the back of the line. Two looked like secret agents or detectives and the one who walked in front looked important. He wore a gray and blue coat in military style and had black, short hair. He looked around 45 or even 50. He had a stern look on his face as he made his way forward. The receptionist looked at him and stood up, backing away from Rainer. The man stopped and looked down at him. Rainer looked up at the man as he was lying on the floor.
"Hi," he said, raising one hand as if he were going to wave.
"Care to explain?" asked the man.
"We were developing some new types of zoids and the lab sort of caught on fire," explained Rainer. "Not to mention our little project kind of exploded along with it." Rainer had a nervous look on his face. The man sighed and then stared at him.
"I told you to be careful with my science projects. Now we'll have to start from scratch."
"Sorry."
"So, should I call the hospital?"
"I think I'll be okay, but it might be a while before I can move properly."
"Then I'll call an ambulance."
"No, I said I'm fine, but someone should probably put out that fire."
"Go get the fire extinguishers." The two men nodded and walked over towards the fire extinguishers that hung on the wall. They took them and then walked into the burning room.
"Thanks," said Rainer.
"No problem." Suddenly, the sound of someone stomping down on the metal floor was heard. Everyone looked as 5 mean looking guys came walking towards Rainer and the man. They stopped about halfway between where Rainer was and the door to the building. Risai recognized 3 of them as the guys who hassled her at the fair grounds. She hid behind Taban and Miharu as they stopped right by her.
"Who are you?" asked the important looking guy. "What are you doing here?"
"We're here for him," said the one in front of the other four. "We're going to pay you back for this afternoon."
"Rainer, explain yourself," said the man.
"Don't worry, but I think you'd be safer right now in the lab room."
"It's on fire."
"I know, but you'll be safer there. Trust me. Just go."
"Alright." He walked into the fiery room and closed the door behind him. The room had more or less been put out though, since all of them had fire extinguishers.
"Hey guys," said Rainer. "I'm not really in the mood to fight with you, so, could we reschedule?"
"You think you're really funny, don't you," said the leader in more of a statement than a question.
"Not really," answered Rainer.
"If you won't fight with us, then we'll just have to fight with this crowd instead," said the leader. (A/N okay, think Dr. Layon, except young, punk, and slightly taller...and boy is he tall.) The man pulled back his fist and was about to hit someone from the crowd.
"Wait," yelled Rainer. He pushed himself up on his elbows, but felt a pain in his back and slumped back down to the floor. "Leave them alone," he pleaded. The leader stopped in mid punch and looked at Rainer.
"I can't believe you're the one who took out three of my guys," he said. Rainer just stared at the man, a look of hate on his face. Risai was trying to see what was going on without being seen by the guys. She came out a little too far and one of them turned to her. She quickly tried to hide.
"Hey, it's you," said the man. "The little punk girl who tricked us. This is all your fault." Risai tried to shrink and disappear.
"You must be mistaken," she said. The man turned to his boss.
"Hey boss, that's the kid we told you about. She's the one who ran into us at the fair grounds." Both Taban and Miharu turned to look at Risai.
"You tripped and fell, huh?" said Taban. Risai didn't say anything. The leader reached out and grabbed her by the front of her shirt and dragged her out of the line.
"So you're the girl," he said.
"Hey!" shouted Taban. "Leave her alone."
"Why should I?" Taban pulled his fist back and punched it forward, but it was caught with the man's other hand. One of the other gang members punched Taban in the stomach, making him fall to his knees. Miharu knelt down next to him.
"Are you alright?" she asked. He didn't say anything. He just glared at the gang.
"Leave my brother alone," said Risai. Rainer finally pushed himself to his elbows again and looked to the group. His eyes widened as he saw who the leader was holding.
"Risai..." he whispered. He was in too much pain to move any further. "Don't." The leader looked to him. "Just leave her alone. It isn't her fault. I'm the one you're after." He shut his eyes tightly and began to stand up slowly. He was on his feet after a while, but his posture wasn't great. He was hunched forward. He lifted his head and glared at the guys.
"Fight me," he said.
"Now things get interesting," said the leader. He threw Risai aside. She landed on the ground hard. She pushed herself to her elbows.
"You all right?" he asked.
"Yeah," she answered. The leader began to walk towards Rainer, who stood his ground and tightened his fists.
"Rainer, you're in no condition to fight," said the receptionist who had been hiding behind her desk.
"I can handle these guys, don't worry." The leader ran forward and punched towards Rainer, who dodged easily, but the sudden movement was too much and his body began to hurt. The man quickly turned and aimed another punch. It connected with the side of Rainer's face and he was sent to the ground.
"This is the guy that beat you up?" asked the leader in disbelief. "He's nothing but a pathetic weakling." Rainer pushed himself up onto his elbows, but he was lying on his chest this time instead of his back. He glared at the leader again. "Time to finish this." The man then lurched forward, a surprised look on his face as he fell forward. Rainer watched him fall to the ground and then glanced up. Taban stood there, his fist in a punch.
"You know, that punch really hurt," he said.
"You might wanna look behind you," said Rainer. Taban turned around and punched another one of the guys, but got punched by the other and joined Rainer on the floor.
"Two attacks in one day," said Rainer. "I'm so lucky, not to mention popular."
"It's good to know you can still stay funny when you're about to die," said another of the men. Only three were left standing. The man who had just said something suddenly fell over, a shocked look on his face too. Behind him stood Miharu and Risai.
"Nice job girls," said Taban.
"Thanks," said Miharu. There were still two guys left.
"Look out." They both turned to see another guy coming at them. They both stepped back and side kicked him in the gut, sending him to the floor. They turned back around. Miharu walked over to Taban. Risai just stood there watching. She was counting the members of the gang.
"Four," she whispered to herself. 'There were five,' she noted mentally. Rainer looked up and glanced behind her, where the fifth one was. He was approaching quickly.
"Look out. Behind..." He didn't have enough time to finish. Risai side stepped again and kicked the guy in the chest. "...you."
"You were saying?" asked Risai, as the guy fell to the floor.
"Wow."
"That's what I thought."
"Why didn't you do that this afternoon?" Risai just shrugged.
"I don't know. I guess I was just caught off guard."
"That makes sense." Risai smiled and walked over to him.
"Need a hand?"
"I think I got it now." He pushed himself to his feet and stood up as straight as he could manage. His body still ached. Miharu stood up and helped Taban to his feet.
"Nice work bro," said Risai.
"You guys were amazing," said Rainer. "How'd you all learn to fight?"
"My dad taught me," answered Taban. "And I taught these two."
"Interesting."
"What's your story?" asked Miharu.
"Well, I'm..." He didn't have time to finish. The leader sprung up quickly and grabbed him around the neck, cutting off his air. "Rainer," said Risai in a worried tone. Rainer had his eyes shut tightly. He took both his arms, and was about to jam them back into the man's chest, but the guy saw it coming and tightened his grip, making Rainer drop his arms back to his sides.
"Can't...breath..." said Rainer.
"Let him go," said Taban. He took a step forward, but the man stepped back.
"Move any closer and I'll break his neck." They all stayed where they were. They glanced over and saw the receptionist, who had grabbed hold of her foldable metal chair. She had it folded and quietly snuck behind them man. She then hit him with it with all her might. The leader released Rainer, who fell to the floor. The leader then fell too, completely knocked out. They ran over to Rainer, who was lying on the floor unconscious.
"Is he alright?" asked Miharu. The receptionist checked for a pulse and found one.
"He's fine, I think."
"I'll go call the police," said Taban, as he walked off to find a phone.
"You're sure he's okay?" asked Risai.
"Well..."
"No, he's not okay," said Rainer quietly. "He needs mouth to mouth resuscitation."
"He's fine," said the receptionist. Rainer opened his eyes and looked around. "Did you really think that would work?"
"I can try, can't I?"
"You look death in the eye and yet you can laugh about it. There aren't many like you around, Rainer."
"Yeah, I know. Thanks for saving me, Kristy."
"Anything for the boss's son."
"Aw, come on. That's not the only reason, is it?"
"Do you really want an answer to that?"
"Not really. Man, you're harsh."
"Well, if you'll excuse me, I have a line of people to take care of, starting with you," she said, pointing to Miharu and Risai.
"Us?" they asked.
"Yeah."
"What's so special that we get to cut the line?"
"You guys just took out a gang and you didn't even have to. Not to mention you saved Rainer."
"How's that a big thing?" asked Risai.
"Hey!" shouted Rainer.
"Sorry," she said.
"Well, he's the son of my boss."
"And your boss is?" Just then, the laboratory door opened and the very important looking guy walked out, followed by the two men in black suits.
"Are you alright son?"
"Yeah, dad, I'm fine," answered Rainer as he stood up.
"Dad?" asked Risai.
"Yeah, um, this is my dad, the leader and founder of the Zoid Battle Commission."
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That was fun, wasn't it? You tell me. I'll write more as soon as people review. How many, I don't know, but just some people. Audi^.^